Roebling designed a bridge and truss system that was six times stronger than it needed to be, which is why the Brooklyn Bridge still stands to this day when many others bridges were built around the same time period have been replaced. The total length of the Brooklyn Bridge is 5,989 feet and has a main span of 1,595 feet. It is 85 feet wide and 265 feet tall. A network of cables is anchored to the ground; they prevent the bridge from collapsing. Roebling said that even if the four strongest cables were to break, the other cables would still be able to support the bridge and that even if the bridge had no more cables, it still would not collapse; it would just be